diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/face-recognition/models.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/face-recognition/models.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9df1ac060589
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/face-recognition/models.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ buildPythonPackage
+, lib
+, fetchPypi
+, setuptools
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "face-recognition-models";
+  version = "0.3.0";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    pname = "face_recognition_models";
+    inherit version;
+    hash = "sha256-t5vSAKiMh8mp1EbJkK5xxaYm0fNzAXTm1XAVf/HYls8=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
+  # no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "face_recognition_models"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ageitgey/face_recognition_models";
+    license = licenses.cc0;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
+    description = "Trained models for the face_recognition python library";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/face_recognition_models/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/face_recognition_models/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ccf20f494998..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/face_recognition_models/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{ buildPythonPackage, lib, fetchPypi, setuptools }:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "face_recognition_models";
-  version = "0.3.0";
-
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "1kwnv3qpy5bhspk780bkyg8jd9n5f6p91ja6sjlwk1wcm00d56xp";
-  };
-
-  # no module named `tests` as no tests are available
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ setuptools ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/ageitgey/face_recognition_models";
-    license = licenses.cc0;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
-    description = "Trained models for the face_recognition python library";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 8c40e28e2201..1fc0f9278735 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   eebrightbox = throw "eebrightbox is unmaintained upstream and has therefore been removed"; # added 2022-02-03
   email_validator = email-validator; # added 2022-06-22
   face_recognition = face-recognition; # added 2022-10-15
+  face_recognition_models = face-recognition-models; # added 2022-10-15
   fake_factory = throw "fake_factory has been removed because it is unused and deprecated by upstream since 2016."; # added 2022-05-30
   flask_sqlalchemy = flask-sqlalchemy; # added 2022-07-20
   flask_testing = flask-testing; # added 2022-04-25
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8e67c8b6dc1b..12ea8bdba179 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -3219,7 +3219,7 @@ in {
 
   face-recognition = callPackage ../development/python-modules/face-recognition { };
 
-  face_recognition_models = callPackage ../development/python-modules/face_recognition_models { };
+  face-recognition-models = callPackage ../development/python-modules/face-recognition/models.nix { };
 
   factory_boy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/factory_boy { };